Impromptu Solo Garat Forcing Romance In Paris Stir
An anecdote from Youths Companion recounts Pierre Garat, famed exquiete of Napoleonic France, chasing Coupigny through Rue Notre des Petite Champs to sing a commissioned romance. Garat burst into a house, shouting Ive got it and drew Coupigny up stairs then fled, audience gathering at doors as the scene unfolded.
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Pierre Gurat
France
Bernard Mall
Attenton
Coupigny
Garat
Rue Notre Des Petite Champs
Old Fashioned Collector of Picture Postcards
A humorous note on a woman described as old fashioned who continues to build a collection of picture postcards, highlighting quaint habits and social tones of the era.
The First Cane Wedding Scene Sparks Mixed Reactions
A brief cartoonish dialogue notes men laughing at trouble and women crying at a wedding. It suggests gendered reactions and light mockery of speech patterns, with a jab at husbands about marriage conversations and language.
Yankee Captains Defy Britain With Foodstuffs Cargo
In New York and Galveston reports steamships Dacia and Wilhelmina move under wartime conditions. Dacia sails for Rotterdam with 880000 dollars of cotton valued cargo to Bremen. Wilhelmina carries about 200000 dollars of foodstuffs to Germany, with guarantees to avoid aiding the German military.
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Galveston
Rotterdam
Norfolk
Bremen
Decia
George McDonald
New York
Atlante
Germany
Europe
W. L. Green Comission Company of
St. Louis
Wate Department
United States
Tte
W. T. Brooking
Brooking
Hamburg
Increase in Wheat Acreage Heads Cotton Shifts
A federal agriculture report shows nearly 4 000 000 acres were planted to cotton last year while wheat and oats gained ground. Oklahoma led eleven states with a 540 000 acre rise in wheat, and South Carolina posted the largest oats increase. Estimates detail fall 1913 and 1914 plantings for oats and wheat with state gains. In Maryland, a Chesapeake Bay steamer burned to the water's edge near Mountain Point, costing about 12 000 for the ship and 10 000 for the cargo with several passengers and crew losing personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Baltimore
Maryland
Mountain Point
Bearlg
Cascarets promise quick relief from biliousness
An ad touts Cascarets as a cure for headaches and biliousness caused by torpid liver and foul bowels. It claims a 10 cent box cleanses the stomach and liver, neutralizes poisons, and leaves the head clear by morning. Also included is a boxing rebellion anecdote about Lord Charles Beresford.
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Cascareta
Old Soldier Endorses Swamp Root for Kidney Trouble
An elderly Civil War veteran from Des Moines Iowa praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney bladder and related issues. A local druggist testifies about the testimonial and offers sample bottles with a request for ten cents.
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Tam
Kilmer
Grorgh
Walker St
Des Moines
Towa
State of Town
Poke County
A. R. Hansen
Thin City
George W. Atchley
Sid Atchley
Mr. Atchley
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Hostetter
Hanford
Bian Sulf
Sudan
Dee Turner
Philadelphia
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha
Nebraska
Dacia
Wilhelmina
Beresford
China
Lord Charles Deresford
Agann Meher
Charles
Charles Beresford
Tansen
E. J. Frisk
Notary Public
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N.Y
Fido
Nexdore
Pido
Boston Evening Transcript
Red Cross
Second Street
WM. Ragsdale & Sons
Prop
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Ben
Sand Springs Depot
Claremore, Okla
Washington Bath House
the Colored People
Nancy Washington
Oklahoma Trunk & Case Factory
Main
Brady Hotel
North Main Street
Square Deal Loan Office
F. Goodman
N. Main ST
Tulsa
Okla
Wanie
Palace of Sweets
East Archer Street
Jackson
Geo, W. Hunt
H. W. Ragdales
Mgr
N. Greenwood
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Lone Star Shop
Shakespeare Johnson
ED. Hyder
Eaat Archer Street
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